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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:47 pm 

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Hello everybody! :P
I am new to this forum and new to soapmaking. I've been reading about soapmaking for a month now, and in 2 days I going to make my first batch. I'll make my own shampoo. I read some posts and found out some unpleasant things.

First, I want my shampoo to have a lot of castor oil 20%, then coconut 20-25% for cleansing, olive 20%, palm oil 10%, sunflower, shea butter and maybe superfat it with some avocado. Now, this recipe is from a website -I can't remember the name, it was a long time ago I wrote it down, and contains stearic acid - 20 grams/1 kg of soap, because of the castor oil that would make the soap too soft, I guess, right? And I forgot, nettle tea from distilled water and NaOH not discounted.

So, in my reading on the forum I found out that too much castor oil may lead to seizing, not to mention a ndding stearic acid which would make my batch instantly stone. What do you think? Can you help me with that? Is the recipe ok or I should try another?
I would appreciate any advice from you, guys! Thanks a lot in advance!


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:41 am 
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I would try another recipe. To much castor will make your soap soft and extra stearic acid will make the soap into a soap on a stick. Lye is still quite active at trace, so add your avocado right up front. There is no guaranteee that the avocado will end up as your superfat.

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